The man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old Denver girl and fleeing the state will soon be on his way to Colorado. Bret Lee Luckett Thompson, 27, was arrested in North Brunswick, N.J. June 13 after authorities found him sleeping in his van behind a Walmart.

Thompson waived his extradition Monday, which means he will be back in Colorado within two weeks, according to Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s office.

Thompson is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in Denver on June 2.

According to police, Thompson allegedly kidnapped the little girl from the 400 block of South Raleigh Street near South Stuart Street, sexually assaulted her, and then dropped her off in the 1900 block of Federal Boulevard about an hour and a half later.

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